How Europeans Brought Sickness to the New World
WEBJun 12, 2015 · Lacking immunity to Old World pathogens carried by the Spanish, Hispaniola's indigenous inhabitants fell victim to terrible plagues of smallpox, influenza, and other viruses. Epidemics soon became a common consequence of contact. In April 1520, Spanish forces landed in what is now Veracruz, Mexico, unwittingly bringing along an African slave ...
Carlisle and the Indian Boarding School Legacy in America
WEBNov 21, 2018 · Carlisle was the beginning. Founded in 1879 by U.S. Army General Richard Pratt, the first government-funded off-reservation boarding school for Native American children was created to assimilate Indigenous Americans into the dominant white culture. Students were forced to abandon their language and …
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Why Iran's Nomads Are Fading Away | Pulitzer Center
WEBOct 13, 2018 · Iran, 2018. As the number of nomads has fallen, the strongest advocates of settling down have been the nomadic women. Their lives are tough, and they know it. Zahra Amiri, 61 and the mother of nine, wakes up at dawn and brings water from a well, a long walk. After that she bakes bread and prepares breakfast.
India's Adivasi Identity in Crisis - Pulitzer Center
WEBMay 27, 2021 · This project explores the tribal identity crisis in India. The country has the highest number of Indigenous people in the world after Africa. As tribes uphold unique cultures, their preservation is vital at a time when a specific national cultural discourse is growing stronger.
No Bars, No Chains, No Locks: How Finland Is Reimagining …
WEBNov 16, 2021 · A former worker’s colony, Vanaja became an open prison in the 1990s. Next door is a farm and one of the prisoners is a caretaker of the sheep. The land is sprawling green and the 50 prisoners walk unattended. The men imprisoned there wear electronic monitors but no chains. There are no cages and no locks.
Frequently Asked Questions: Refugees and Asylum Seekers
WEBAs part of his 2021 Cox Legal Fellowship with the Pulitzer Center, Zhiwei Hua spoke about the status of refugees and of asylum seekers in the U.S. context with adjunct law professor Aleksandar Cuic, Milton A. Kramer Law Clinic Center, Case Western Reserve University School of Law. Hua is a Case Western law student who spent the summer supporting legal research for the Pulitzer Center through ...
The Legacy of India’s Quest to Sterilize Millions of Men
WEBOct 1, 2018 · In some parts of the country, poor men and women were offered plots of land in exchange for getting sterilized, or for “motivating” others to do so. In 1976 alone, the Indian government sterilized 6.2 million men. Permanent methods of birth control remain very popular in India, but today women bear almost the entire sterilization burden ...
No Drugs, No Crime and Just Pennies for School: How Police Use …
WEBFeb 18, 2019 · No Drugs, No Crime and Just Pennies for School: How Police Use Civil Asset Forfeiture. In the past two decades, the federal government took in $36.5 billion in assets police seized from people on America’s roads and in its poorer neighborhoods, many of whom never were charged with a...
Land and Life: Indigenous Filipinos’ Ancestral Domain Rights
WEBApr 1, 2022 · Members of the Lambangian tribe conduct a traditional ritual. Image courtesy of Timuay Cio. Philippines, 2015. “The land of Indigenous peoples is not just a commodity,” Leth says. “They have a deep connection to the land in their everyday life, cultural and spiritual practices, language, and healthcare systems.